Grow your own tasty crop of asparagus this season. You could grow your crowns in a raised bed. A 1m x 1m bed will be suffcient to grow your 8 crowns in.

Asparagus 'Ariane' - From German breeding, Asparagus 'Ariane' produces a heavy flush of delicious, large, purple-tipped spears early in the season. Smaller, 'fine' spears are also produced later in the season. This attractive variety has significant yield and quality improvements over many other varieties. Height: 150cm (59in). Spread: 45cm (18").Asparagus 'Mondeo' - This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

Raised Bed - An easy way of growing your asparagus crowns. The heat absorbing panels assemble in minutes making a 1m x 1m growing area. Suitable for growing 8 crowns.Chempak High Nitrogen Feed (800g pack) - The ideal all year round feed for green vegetables. This feed has a high nitrogen content which will get the leaves and stems of young plants off to a strong start.

Bred in Essex by a Mr. Thompson (no relation!), this is the earliest rhubarb we've ever found. Thick pink, flavoursome stalks tapering to green, are produced from March onwards, a whole month earlier than other rhubarb plants! You'll be enjoying this aptly-named rhubarb variety over a long period, from March right through until mid-summer. Rhubarb 'Thompson's Terrifically Tasty' is delicious in pies, crumbles and jams. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 120cm (48").

Estimated time to cropping once planted: 16-20 months.Estimated time to best yields: 28-32 months.

From New Zealand breeding, this vigorous variety was voted the best in commercial grower taste tests in 2006. The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads. This long lasting variety is highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour. Unlike many traditional varieties, Asparagus 'Pacific 2000' is suitable for either spring or autumn planting. Although asparagus beds take several years to establish, each asparagus crown can produce up to 25 spears per year and will continue cropping for 25 years. Height: 150cm (59”). Spread: 45 cm (18”).

Asparagus 'Mondeo' is an all male hybrid that is suitable for both spring and autumn planting. This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

(Sore's selection) This selection of Asparagus 'Connover's Colossal' received an RHS AGM as a very well maintained strain of this popular old favourite. The quality of its bright green spears with deep purple tips, and huge yield is exceptional for a non hybrid. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

This spring or autumn planting asparagus comes from Canadian breeding making it particularly cold tolerant and well suited to UK weather condiitons. Producing high yields of purple-tipped, green spears, Asparagus 'Guelph Millennium' is reliable in most soils. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

The first Phytophthora tolerant asparagus available commercially - and with good fusarium tolerance too, this must be one of the most disease resistant varieties. Asparagus 'Pacific Challenger' produces high yields of slender green spears with firm, tight tips and a good flavour. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

From German breeding, Asparagus 'Ariane' produces a heavy flush of delicious, large, purple-tipped spears early in the season. Smaller, 'fine' spears are also produced later in the season. This attractive variety has significant yield and quality improvements over many other varieties. Height: 150cm (59in). Spread: 45cm (18").

A colourful variety that is suitable for spring and autumn planting. Asparagus 'Pacific Purple' produces stringless spears that are more tender and sweet than many green varieties. The colour can be lost when cooked so they are best steamed or eaten raw with dips, or sliced in salads. This high yielding asparagus will also produce white spears if earthed up. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").

This early variety is ideal for forcing to produce long, slender, pink-tinged stalks. For a deeper, red-coloured stem, leave the stems of Rhubarb 'Champagne' unforced – they will still be just as sweet and delicious! This old variety is particularly reliable and easy to grow. Height: 60cm (24”). Spread: 120cm (48”).

These budded pieces, taken from established crowns will quickly mature, resulting in crowns big enough to harvest from 2 years after planting.